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in which they are situated, and would awake to renewed dili 

 gence and energy in their calling, and would seek to make 

 improrements in farming, as are being made in other branches 

 of business, they could increase the exhibition just closed in 

 all its departments an hundred fold, in 1872. 



I saw but little of the officers of the society during the 

 short time I was present. I wish to extend my thanks to 

 "W. H. Yeomans, Esq., one of the Vice-Presidents, for courte- 

 sies shown, and also to J. A. Spalding, Esq., of the Tolland 

 County Journal. 



GEORGE SANGER, 



Delegate to Tollaiid County. 



TOLLAND COUNTY, EAST. 



Tolland County East Agricultural Society, the youngest 

 organized society in our state, has already placed itself in a 

 high position, so far as agricultural exhibitions are concerned ; 

 and although the portion of Tolland county of which this 

 society is composed, presents as rough an exterior as can be 

 found in the county and also in the state, from which we 

 should hardly expect to find an average exhibition, we are 

 happy to state that this offspring from the old county society 

 shows unmistakable signs of smartness that are no doubt grat- 

 ifying to its founders, which proves that it is not wholly a de- 

 generate child. The pluck of this society was fully tested in 

 this, the second annual exhibition, when on the day appointed 

 for the same, the heavens were overcast with clouds from 

 which poured the descending rain, whereby the show was 

 prevented and thus postponed, the very natural effect of which 

 was discouraging ; but such an eifect could not be discovered 

 here, for on the day appointed the streets in all directions 

 were filled with people whose countenances revealed a deter- 

 mination of still making their show worthy of the young 

 society. To speak in general terms, all departments of the 

 fair were well represented. 



The show of stock, all things considered, was much larger 

 than might have been expected, consisting of blood stock of 



